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Choose a square and click on it. Click on the matching words in the box that appears. If you are right the picture is replaced by an X. Continue until you have won four squares in a row.
TOPIC
4 IN A ROW game to learn Describe people in German
Match pictures to texts to win 4 cells in a row from a grid of 20 cells.
With our Four in a row game for "Describe people" you will be learning the German vocabulary for the topic Describe people. The language you will learn is in the vocabulary list below, and consists of 10 Sentences that describe people's bodies.
| 1 | Sie ist groß. | She is tall. | |
| 2 | Sie ist klein. | She is short. | |
| 3 | Er ist mittelgroß. | He is medium height. | |
| 4 | Er ist muskulös. | He is muscular. | |
| 5 | Er ist dünn. | He is thin. | |
| 6 | Er ist dick. | He is fat. | |
| 7 | Sie ist in einem Rollstuhl. | She is in a wheelchair. | |
| 8 | Er hat Dreadlocks. | He has dreadlocks. | |
| 9 | Sie trägt eine Brille. | She wears glasses. | |
| 10 | Sie hat schwarze krause Haare. | She has black, curly hair. | |
Four in a row is similar to the paper game "noughts and crosses" but we have changed it into a one person German learning / revision game. The aim of the game is to win 4 cells in a row from a grid of 20 cells by selecting and naming 4 Describe people topic pictures in German. The game will reinforce your memory of the German vocabulary for Describe people by getting you to match that vocabulary to the correct picture.
Notes
- Do the German tutorials for your topic before playing this game
- Wrong answers are ok, you just have to try again until you get them right
- There is help available for all games by clicking the question mark button
- Play the game full screen by clicking the orange double-arrow button (flash only)
Mix and match | 4 in a row | Pelmanism | Hangman | Rock fall | Pong
The beetle and the bee | The frog flies | Spelling game | Sow grow
How to play 4 in a row to learn
Describe people in German
- Select "4 in a row" on the German games selection page.
- Take a quick look at the method text for 4 in a row.
- Click on PLAY to to proceed, or change your topic with the CHANGE TOPIC button.
- On the play page you have a grid of 20 pictures (each topic picture is shown twice for beginner topics).
- Click on a picture cell - the topic vocabulary will appear as a list beside the picture.
- Roll over any text to play the German audio for that text.
- Click the text that corresponds to the picture.
- If you are correct, the picture will be replaced by a blue X - otherwise, a wrong sound will play.
- Continue matching pictures to their vocabulary until you have completed a line of 4 cells.
- The line can be diagonal as well as horizontal or vertical.
- 4 crosses in a row wins the game and the "game over" animation will play.
- Choose an option from the green sign, or click on games to choose a different game.